India, May 16 -- A group of seven men controlled the allegedly illegal operations of the Mahadev Online Book (MOB), people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, citing a move by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to name five more people in the case.

Until recently it was believed that two men, Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal were the masterminds. ED has now named a German national Lark Marshall and four Indians - Ratan Lal Jain, Hari Shankar Tibrewal, Girish Talreja and Shubham Soni aka Pintu Bhaiyya, in addition to Uppal and Chandrakar as the key people in the case. Chandrakar and Uppal were detained in Dubai a few months ago following red corner notices issued at the agency's behest.

ED officials allege that while Lark Marshall ...